I really enjoy using Julia too but I have also been disappointed with how the updates have played out. Just a few weeks ago I rolled back my installation from v1.2 to the LTS version because of silly errors in the plotting package not allowing me to plot.
Otherwise it really is a pleasure to use, and I have found that the LTS install has zero compatibility issues thus far.
Glad to hear that the LTS version did not have an issue.
I hope you did file an issue with the Plots package. The reason is that we generally like to make sure that regressions like these are not language level regressions. Sometimes package use undocumented internals - but we generally chase each and every single one of these.
Otherwise it really is a pleasure to use, and I have found that the LTS install has zero compatibility issues thus far.